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What is the Straw Man Fallacy?
The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following pattern:

1. Person A has position X.
2. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
3. Person B attacks position Y.
4. Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.

This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself.

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More Stuff to Read:
:pointr:Misconceptions about Atheists

:pointr:An Introduction to Atheism



That being said, this goes for everyone! Don't use straw man arguments, it's just bad form.
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how does one hate god when they don't believe in him